Cabinet fights over ‘designated survivor’ role

Cabinet members jostle for position in event prime minister is taken ill

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(Image credit: Ian Vogler/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Infighting has erupted over who will lead the government’s response to the coronavirus in the event that the prime minister is taken ill.

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